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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The next decade could see the development of a vaccine for type 1 diabetes, which could be given to all infants or those with a genetic susceptibility to the disease, a world expert has told June Shannon.
A leading Professor of Paediatrics from Finland has suggested there is “increasing evidence” that the diabetic enterovirus may be a trigger for type 1 diabetes in children. If this is confirmed, Prof Mikael Knip of the University of Helsinki believes it may be possible to prevent about half of new cases with an anti-diabetes enterovirus vaccine.
Speaking to Irish Medical Times at the third annual 3U Partnership International Diabetes Conference, which took place at the RCSI in Dublin recently, Prof Knip accepted there was still a long way to go. “We will not have an anti-diabetic entero vaccine available within the next five to six years, but maybe within the next 10 years,” he stated.
http://www.imt.ie/clinical/2015/02/future-hold-vaccine-type-1-diabetes.html
Why is it always ten years away? 🙄
A leading Professor of Paediatrics from Finland has suggested there is “increasing evidence” that the diabetic enterovirus may be a trigger for type 1 diabetes in children. If this is confirmed, Prof Mikael Knip of the University of Helsinki believes it may be possible to prevent about half of new cases with an anti-diabetes enterovirus vaccine.
Speaking to Irish Medical Times at the third annual 3U Partnership International Diabetes Conference, which took place at the RCSI in Dublin recently, Prof Knip accepted there was still a long way to go. “We will not have an anti-diabetic entero vaccine available within the next five to six years, but maybe within the next 10 years,” he stated.
http://www.imt.ie/clinical/2015/02/future-hold-vaccine-type-1-diabetes.html
Why is it always ten years away? 🙄
